I'm Arjan Westdorp

Freelance Laravel developer

Hello! I’m Arjan Westdorp a freelance Laravel developer and enthusiastic about the Laravel framework. As a full stack web developer I’m comfortable with both frontend and backend, although my preference is the backend. I have experience with all stages of the development cycle. Delivering high quality code is a default and I’m always looking to improve code and workflow with the latest web development techniques.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

PHPunit

MySQL

HTML

CSS

jQuery

Linux

VueJS

C#

Work Experience

Berlinger group

Senior developer

Built an API to manage temperature monitoring data. This project was the start of migrating an old ZF1 application into an API oriented architecture.

Xingo Publishing

Lead developer

Built applications their core businesses rely on. Like CMS, CRM and Editorial Productions System. It's a rapidly evolving product with a huge potential. Everything is built with Laravel.

Studio Matrix

Web developer

Completed a Laravel application to manage household clean ups for the council of Canterbury (suburb of Sydney)

Elektor International Media BV

Web developer

Built a banner management application to serve banners and monitor the usage. Application is used by multiple clients. Speed and availability are the keywords for this application.

Hifi.nl

Web developer

Maintaining existing code base and added some new features. Development involved both frontend and backend.

Fastguide BV

Software developer

Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team on a mobile and web-based patient tracking system. Due to the sensitivity of patient information, security always was a big point of attention.

Education

2006 - 2010

IT, Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Avans university of applied sciences, Breda

2001 - 2006

Pre-university education

Calvijn College, Goes

My Interests

Besides being just a freelance Laravel developer I’m interested in the latest tools and techniques in web development. I’m also a passionate kitesurfer and kitesurf instructor. I like to travel and explore the world.